SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 10 cm. The diagnols are 15 cm long. Find the width.

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Question 283376: The length of a rectangle is 10 cm. The diagnols are 15 cm long. Find the width.
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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10^2+w^2=15^2
find w
Ignore negative roots since length/width can't be negative
w = 5 sqrt(5)